Ishinomaki

Ishinomaki, a small city north of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, north-east of Japan. A city that was devastated by the huge tsunami that followed the earthquake hitting north-east Japan on March 11th, 2011. More than 2000 people died in this little town alone, and hundreds are still missing. Neither pictures nor words can describe the devastation and the enormous loss of human lives. I went there to volunteer as part of Peace Boat, an NGO that is organising the volunteering relief efforts in Ishinomaki.The first photos taken by my iPhone in the first few days, followed by photos taken with my Ricoh GRII compact camera in the following days.